Category: Science

Genetically modified humans. Humanity was reluctantly dragged into a new era this week. In a video posted on YouTube, Chinese scientist He Jiankui announced to the world that he successfully used the gene-editing tool...

Quantum Search. Humanity is facing now the dawn of a new technological era involving quantum mechanics in almost all aspects of social life, from computation to communication. It might be natural to ask if...

Copy the human brain, a model that replicates the functions of the human brain is feasible in 10 years according to neuroscientist Professor Henry Markram of the Brain Mind Institute in Switzerland. “I absolutely...

Super microscope abstract Super microscope for precise nanometre-scale imaging of soft structures at room temperature poses a major challenge to any type of microscopy because fast thermal fluctuations lead to significant motion blur if...

Artificial brain. Research team say tiny brain could be used to test drugs and study diseases, but scientific peers urge caution as data on breakthrough kept under wraps. An almost fully-formed human brain has...

Human head transplant. An Italian neurosurgeon’s project to undertake the first human head transplant has received a sceptical welcome in the United States, where he made a pitch to donors and fellow scientists. Sergio...

Mind control, hundred electrodes are pressed tightly against my scalp and a mixture of salt water and baby shampoo is dripping down my back. The goings-on in my slightly agitated brain are represented by...

First we were told the composition of semen could possibly help fight depression. Now, research suggests that male semen (sperm) can affect the genes and behaviour of females in other ways, too. British scientists...